The Sky Blues have put together three wins on the trot - all since the Italian great returned from injury - but former Crystal Palace midfielder Carle believes it has been the entire squad working towards those victories and not just Del Piero's influence.

''In any team in the A-League - any team in the world - Alessandro's going to make a difference and it's no different with us," Carle told Sportal's 'In Off the Post' program.

"He's a superb player, but one player alone doesn't win you games.

"The whole squad they put in 110 per cent to make sure we give him the freedom to do what he's best at. We're blessed, we're very lucky to have him. But in saying that we all have to make it work as well."

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Andrew Slevison is an avid sports fan, particularly of the world game. The Melbourne, Australia native, who has spent time living in London and travelling South America, takes a keen interest in the English Premier League and Major League Soccer and rates his best live footballing moment as the 2014 World Cup final in Brazil.